India’s bid to become
a permanent member of the Security Council is still a matter of discussion, US
President Joe Biden’s pick for the ambassador to the United Nations, Linda
Thomas-Greenfield, said on Wednesday, while not explicitly committing the
support of the new administration for India, PTI reported.

George W Bush, Barack
Obama and Donald Trump’s administrations had publicly said that the United
States supports India’s bid to be a permanent member of the UN Security
Council. Thomas-Greenfield, however, said that India, Germany, Japan’s bid is a matter of ongoing discussion.

 “I think there has been some discussions about
them being members of the Security Council and there are some strong arguments
for that,” she said during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign.

“But I also know that
there are others who disagree within their regions that they should be the
representative of their region. That, too, is an ongoing discussion,” she said
in an apparent reference to the Coffee Club.

The Coffee Club, comprising
countries like Italy, Pakistan, Mexico and Egypt, has opposed the permanent
membership bid of India, Japan, Germany and Brazil.

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Last year, US President
Joe Biden had reiterated its promise of supporting India as a permanent member
of the UN Security Council.

“Recognising India’s
growing role on the world stage, the Obama-Biden Administration formally
declared US support for India’s membership in a reformed and expanded United
Nations Security Council,” Biden Campaign’s policy document on Indian-Americans
had said last August.